Naomi Klein opens Kilmaforum09 in Copenhagen, the People’s Climate summit
Naomi Klein was in fine form as she opened the Klimaforum09 counter-conference in Copenhagen Monday night 7/12. She gave a keynote opening speech to open the summit of ecological NGO?s that bills itself as The People?s Climate Summit.
Callout from Copenhagen
Hello from Denmark, Decided to come freeze my little tush off in Copenhagen for eleven days for global warming (COP-15, look it up). Sounds like fun? Well, sort of! Anyway I’m writing articles for a few people here and I […]
The Southern Bank / Banco del Sur un paso adelante
Públicados en “Americas Program” Una Nueva arquitectura finaciera para América Latina traducido por Annette RamosPartes I y II Tony PhillipsParte uno y dos de una series de dos que escribí sobre NAFR (La Nueva Arquitectura Financiera para América del Sur […]
G-20: Round Two
Americas Program Special Report G-20: Round Two Tony Phillips | April 19, 2009 Americas Program, Center for International Policy (CIP) americas.irc-online.org Brazil’s Lula da Silva and China’s Hu Jintao met in London at the G-20 summit. Photo: Xinhua/Lan Hongguang. In […]
Letter to the Irish Times
Madam, As a non-resident Irish citizen living in Argentina it is rare that I voice an opinion on the Irish economy. While economic policy affects my family in Dublin directly, it has little effect on me personally. However, as an […]
Privatising Profits, Socialising Losses
The rapid fallout from less than a decade of financial speculation has been mind-boggling. Barely legal, the unregulated bubble in “credit derivatives”2 grew from $1 trillion in 2003 to $15 trillion in 20073 to finally burst, leaving the global financial system on life support in the public ward.
Argentina versus el Banco Mundial: ¿Juego limpio o partido arreglado?
Programa de las Américas Informe especial Argentina versus el Banco Mundial: ¿Juego limpio o partido arreglado? Tony Phillips 18 de junio de 2008 Versión original: Argentina Versus the World Bank: Fair Play or Fixed Fight?Traducción por: Annette Ramos Programa de […]
Climate Change Cause and Effect, An Americas Perspective
Americas Program Special ReportClimate Change Cause and Effect, An Americas PerspectiveTony Phillips | December 20, 2007 Americas Program, Center for International Policy (CIP)(formerly) americas.irc-online.org “We, the human race, have substantially altered the earth’s atmosphere. In 2005, the concentration of carbon […]